Typographical machine.



A. ARCHER. TYPOGRAPHIGAL MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 31, 1913.

1, 1 1 5, 1 55. Patented 00a. 27, 1914.

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THE NORRIS PETERS C0. PHOTO-LITHO.. WASHINGTON. 0. c.

A. ARCHER. TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 31, 1913- 1, 1 1 5, 1 55, Patented Oct. 27, 1914.

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A. ARCHER.

TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 31,1913.

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form or embodiment,

pnrrnn sra'rns Parana crrrcn ALFRED ARCHER, OF AUBURNDALE, MASSACHUSETTS,

LINOTYPE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

- TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 31, 1913.

Patented Oct. 27, 1914.

Serial No. "282,186.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED ARCHER, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Auburndale, in--the county of MiddleseX and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improve ments in lypographical Machines, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to typographical machines, such as linotype machines 0 the general organization represented in Letters Patent of the United States, No. 436,532, to O. Mergenthaler, wherein circulating matrices are released from a magazine in the order in which their characters are to appear in print, and then assembled in line, the composed line transferred to the face of a mold, the mold filled with molten metal to form a slug or linotype against the matrices which produce the type characters thereon, and the matrices thereafter returned through a distributing mechanism to the magazine from which they started.

For the printing of tabular matter, in which figures or the like are arranged in vertical columns with blank spaces or vertical rules between them,it is of course necessary that the successive slugs shall have these spaces in like position, so that they will aline or register when assembled side by side in the form.

The aim of my invention is to facilitate this class of compos'tion and to enable the operator to determine the exact time and place at which each space i to be inserted in the line. To this end, I provide mechanism whereby each assembled group of matrices may be measured positively etween fixed abutments, preferably connected to the assembling elevator or assembler, whereby the exact shortage is indicated on a scale or dial, so that the operator may know the proper spaces to fill it out.

I have In the accompanying drawings,

shown my invention in preferred form and by way of example, and as applied to a linotype machine, but obviously many changes and variations may be made therein and still be comprised within its spirit. Generally speaking, I desire it to be understood that I do not limit myself to any specific except in so far as such limitations are specified in the claims.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a front view of the assembler, having my in vention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a similar View, showing certain of the parts in diiferent position; Fig. 3 is a plan view, corresponding to Fig. 1; Fig. at is a plan view, corresponding to Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is an end view, looking into the assembler, Fig. 6 is a bottom view of the measuring device; Fig. 7 is a detail of the yielding resistant, etc.; F ig. 8 is a detail of the indicating dial, etc.; F ig. -9 shows in detail the measuring slide and its supporting parts; and Fig. 10 illus trates oneof the ad]ustable fingers and its operating connections.

lhe matrices X are delivered into the assembler A in front of the star-wheel A whereby they are advanced against and with the resistant or finger sembling slide C all in the usual manner. The arresting fingers B are adjustably mounted upon the graduated rod B in such manner that they may be set at any desired points thereon to correspond to the length of the tabular groups, the rod B being mounted longitudinally of the assembler and preferably on the gate A thereof. The fingers B are formed with portions which project inwardly into the assembler in order to arrest the successive groups of matrices therein, and the rod B is provided with an operating handle 15 whereby the fingers may be withdrawn when necessary (see also Fig. 10). The projecting portions of the fingers B stop short of the path of the resistant C, but the latter is provided with a projecting plate D of known thickness (see also *ig. arranged to contact successively with the fingers and thus to arrest the advancing line. It will be noted that the plate D is pivotally connected to the resistant C, its'motion relatively thereto being limited by a pin D projecting through a slot in the resistant, this pivotal connection being designed to allow the plate D to move out of the way when the assembler rises to deliver the composed matrices.

The measuring device proper comprises a manually operable blade or slide, which may be advanced at will behind an assembled group of matrices to compact it, when the plate D contacts with or arrives in proximity to a finger B. It will be noted that this measuring device, as well as the fingers B, are connected to the assembler,

Assrenoa r0 mmeeiifiirr-ratnn 0 connected to the asrlces are compacted between it and that together they constitute fixed stops between i'vhich the group is measured. In the form illustrated in the drawings, the measuring device comprises a slide E ormed with an angular rib E located in a similarly inclined groove F 1 in the bracket F detachably connected to the assembler, the parts being held in operative relation to each other by the plate F (see also Fig. 9). The slide E is provided with an operating button E to permit its manual movement transversely of the assembler and behind the group to be measured, and with a spring E, which acts to return the slide to its outward or inoperative position.

On the upper part of the slide E is a rack G (see Figs. 3, 4t and 5), arranged to engage the pinion H, whereby the indicator or dial is actuated (see Figs. 6 and 8). Connected to the pinion H is a bevel pinion J, meshing into a similar bevel pinion K connected to the dial L, which is thereby rotated in reference to a fixed point M, the dial L being suitably marked so as to indicate the number o points of shortage in the measured group. As shown in Fig. 6, the measuring device and indicator are normally connected to constitute a unitary whole, to permit their ready attachment to and detachment from the assembler, when desired.

The operation of the parts is as follows: When a group of matrices has been assembled, and under the influence of the starwheel A the assembling slide and resistant have been advanced so as to bring the plate D into proximity to a finger B, the operator moves the slide E forwardly, and due to its wedge-like action caused by the engagement of its rib E with the fixed groove F the slide is also moved laterally until the matand the finger B. It will be obvious that the extent of this inward movement depends upon the length of the group, and that through the connections previously described, any shortage therein will be indicated by the position of the dial L with reference to the fixed point M. The operator is thus advised as to the thickness or number of spaces which are necessaryto fill out the group. He next operates the handle B to withdraw the finger B from the assembler and permit the passage of the plate D, after which the com- I position progresses until the plate D arrives in proximity to the next finger B, when the manipulation is repeated.

My improved devices are readily operable, compact, simple and convenient, and particularly in that they are detachably connected to the assembler (instead of to the assembling slide) to which they may be attached when desired, and moreover, the liability to error is reduced to a minimum, in that the group is always compacted between fixed stops, as distinguished particularly from the system wherein the group'is measured against the star-wheel, which is liable to wear, and whereby the accuracy of measurement is consequently reduced.

As previously stated, I have shown my invention only in preferred form and by way of example, and obviously many variations and alterations therein will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art without departure from its scope.

Having thus described my invention, its construction and mode of operation, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is, as follows:

1. In a typographical machine, the comination with means for assembling matrices in line in groups, of a device for measuring shortages in the successive groups, and an indicator permanently connected "to the measuring device.

2. In a typographical machine, the combinati on with means for assembling matrices in line in groups, and a movable member advanced progressively by the matrices in course of assemblage, of a device for measuring shortages in the successive groups, and an indicator operated by the measuring device, said indicator and measuring device being mounted independently of the before-mentioned movable member. 5

3 In a typographical machine, the combination with means for assembling matrices in line in groups, of a device for measuring shortages in the successive groups, and an indicator operated by the measuring device, the said parts being formed as a unitary structure, so that they maybe applied to and removed from the machine as a Whole.

4. In a typographical machine, the combination with the assembler wherein the matrices are composed in line in groups, of a device for measuring shortages in the successive groups, and an indicator operated by the measuring device, said parts being mounted upon the assembler.

5. In a typographical machine, the combination with the assembler wherein the matrices are composed in line in groups, of a device mounted upon the assembler for measuring shortages in. the successive groups as they are composed.

6. In a typographical machine, the combination with means for assembling mat rices in line in groups, of a measuring device movable transversely of the line to cooperate with each assembled group, and an indicator operated by the movement of said device.

7. In a typographical machine, the combination with means for assembling matrices in line in groups, of a wedge-like blade movable transversely of the line to compress each group of matrices as it is assembled and measure shortages therein, and a device said plate, the movement of the plate relatively to the said member permitting the unimpeded movement of the assembler to to indicate the amount of such compression and shortage.

8. In a typographical machine, the com bination with means for assembling matdeliver the line.

rices in line, of a manually operable meas- 12. In a typographical machine, the comuring device movable transversely into the bination with the assembler wherein the line, and an indicator operated by the movematrices. are composed in a group, a Xed abutment on the assembler against which one end of the group engages, a manually operable measuring device to engage the opposite end of the group, and an indicator connected to the measuring device.

13. In a typographical machine, the combination with the assembler wherein the matrices are composed in line in groups, a plurality of stops carried by the assembler to arrest the line at successive stages, one for each group, and a device for measuring shortages in the successive groups as they are composed.

14:- In a typographical machine, the combination with the assembler wherein the matrices are composed in line in groups, a plurality of stops carried by the assembler to arrest the line at successive stages, one for each group, a device for measuring shortages in the successive groups as they are composed, and an indicator to show the amount of shortage detected by the measuring device.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALFRED ARCHER.

ment of said device, the said device being arranged to be moved sidewise against the matrices during its transverse movement.

9. In a typographical machine, the combination with the assembler in which the line is composed, of a plurality of stops carried by the assembler in position to engage and arrest the forward end of the line at successive stages of its composition, said stops being movable as a whole from their operative position to permit the advance of the line after its arrest by one or another thereof.

10. In a typographical machine, the combination with means for assembling matrices in line, of a plurality of stops to arrest the line at successive points in the course of its composition, the said stops being adjustable relatively to each other so as to vary the points of arrest of the line and movable as a whole from their operative position to permit the advance of the line after its arrest by one or another thereof.

11. In a typographical machine, the combination of a movable assembler, a movable member progressively advanced therein by the matrices in course of composition, a relatively movable plate mounted on said member, and a stop finger to engage with Witnesses:

WILLIAM G. SGRIBNER, THOMAS J. MCCARTHY.

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